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be seen that the Imperial contribution will be continued at the present rate up to 31st March, 1917, and I am to add that Mr. Harcourt proposes to approach the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, in due course, with a view to securing that the amount shall not be reduced from that date.
3. In these circumstances, Mr. Harcourt trusts that instructions will be given for the payment of £500 from the Government of India for the current year.
30194
29637
(No. 168.) SIR,
No. 61.
GAMBIA.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 10th August, 1914.)
Government House, Bathurst, Gambia, 21st July, 1914.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular despatch of the 25th March last,” and to inform you that a resolution was this day passed by the Legislative Council pledging the Colony to the continuance of an annual sub- scription to the Tropical Diseases Research Fund of £100 for a further period of five years from 1915.
I have, &c.,
EDWARD J. CAMERON, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
SIR,
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No. 64.
WESTERN PACIFIC.
THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. (Received in Colonial Office, 13th August, 1914.) (New Hebrides. No. 242/14.)
British Residency, Vila, 18th June, 1914. WITH reference to the Circular despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of the 20th December, 1910,* and Your Excellency's No. 69, of the 20th March last, I have the honour to forward herewith a statement giving as far as possible the information asked for in the annexure to Sir Ronald Ross's note of 6th November, 1910, which formed an enclosure to the first mentioned communication. The figures in regard to hospitals have been supplied by the Medical Officers in charge of the John G. Paton and French Government hospitals in Vila; consequently, although occasional cases are brought from the other islands, the statistics may be said to be almost entirely in respect of the Island of Efate, which has a population of about three thousand, native and European, the number of the latter amounting to about fourteen per cent. of the whole.
"
For the hospitals on Ambrym and Tanna I regret that I am unable to supply any particulars. All the records of the Ambrym institution were destroyed with the hospital during the volcanic outbreak in December last, while that on Tanna has been closed since the beginning of the year.
have, &c.,
M. KING,
Resident Commissioner.
29554
No. 62.
Enclosure in No. 64.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :--
mwimminC.O. 885
23 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
RETURN OF MALARIAL FEVER, BLACKWATER FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, FILARIASIS, AND DENGUE DURING THE YEAR FROM THE 18T JANUARY TO THE 318T DECEMBER, 1913.
(Received 10th August, 1914.)
[Published as No. 10 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 7796], April, 1915.]
REPLIES to queries contained in the annexure to Sir Ronald Ross's note of
8th November, 1910 (enclosure in Secretary of State's Circular despatch, dated 20th December, 1910) :-
1. New Hebrides.
2. 10,000 square miles (approximately).
3. (a) 65,400
300 00
850 64,550
(estimates)
26707
No. 63. JAMAICA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
[Answered by No. 98.]
Downing Street, 11th August, 1914.
(No. 249.) SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 222, of 6th June, submitting, for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, copies of Law No. 19 of 1914 of the Legislature of Jamaica, entitled "A Law to provide for the Com- pulsory Treatment of persons suffering from Yaws"; and to transmit to you, with reference also to the telegraphic correspondence noted in the margin, an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Advisory Becretary of State, Telegram, 11th July, 1914.
Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Governor, Telegram, 13th July, 1914.§ Fund, to whom I caused the matter to be referred.
2.
The Committee were unanimous in their views on the subject; and, for the present, you should not have recourse to compulsion, but if voluntary action proves insufficient you should report and obtain further instructions.
3. I do not propose to tender any advice to His Majesty in regard to the law at the present time.
I have, &c..
L. HARCOURT.
* No. 17.
+ No. 46.
* No. 49.
§ No. 50.
Paragraph 5 of No. 57.
6.
8.
10.
1912.
1913.
2+
2+
Admissions
478
605
Deaths
38
38
(c) Admissions
204
249
Deaths
9
16
(d) Admissions
28
22
Deaths
8
10
$ 00009
(f) Admissions
13
5
Deaths
0
0
lt
1+
26
4||
47
47
1,700
1,700
Estimate.
(c)
0
0
* No. 11 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 5514], February, 1911.
Of the two hospitals one is supported by the Presbyterian Mission, with an annual grant from His
Majesty's Government; the other being maintained entirely by the French Government. Condominium Medical Officer, appointed jointly by British and French Governments.
§ For port duties.
Members of the Presbyterian Mission.